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You know what the true definition of hell is? It's when you die, you get to meet the person you could have been. — Frank Mir
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared. — P. J. Plauger
We really have no definition of mother in our law books. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition was deemed necessary. — Unknown Author
The definition of strong leadership is not about making decisions that are popular. Making popular decisions is easy - you don't need to be a… — Henry Blodget
I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people I thought were… — Cory Monteith
The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a few new definitions,… — William James
By definition, saving - for anything - requires us to not get things now so that we can get bigger ones later. — Jean Chatzky
It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least they… — George Gaylord Simpson
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. — Agha Hasan Abedi
... the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to realize that we don't raise boys to be… — Don McPherson
No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself. The most accurate analysis by the rarest wisdom is yet insufficient, and the poet… — Henry David Thoreau
According to the dictionary, knock has two definitions: "to strike something with a sharp blow," and "to find fault with, a harsh and often petty… — Marvin J. Ashton
The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01… — Oliver North
God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others. — Tony Dungy
Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a… — Aldous Huxley
A balance is necessary in life. To achieve this we must move away from broad definitions of workplaces as functional and households as emotional. Similarly,… — Eva Cox
For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the… — Emma Watson
The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations. — Edward Snowden
Whether it's the Axis of Evil, or the evils of eating meat, it is a concept that has all but lost the impact it once… — Corey Taylor

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